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Greek and Coptic Range: 0370–03FF Greek and Coptic Range: 0370–03FF This file contains an excerpt from the character code tables and list of character names for The Unicode Standard, Version 5.0. This file may be changed at any time without notice to reflect errata or other updates to the Unicode Standard. See http://www.unicode.org/errata/ for an up-to-date list of errata. See http://www.unicode.org/charts/ for access to a complete list of the latest character code charts. See http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-5.0/ for charts showing only the characters added in Unicode 5.0. See http://www.unicode.org/Public/5.0.0/charts/ for a complete archived file of character code charts for Unicode 5.0. Disclaimer These charts are provided as the on-line reference to the character contents of the Unicode Standard, Version 5.0 but do not provide all the information needed to fully support individual scripts using the Unicode Standard. 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Copyright © 1991-2006 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved. 0370 Greek and Coptic 03FF 037 038 039 03A 03B 03C 03D 03E 03F 0 ΐ Π ΰ π ϐ Ϡ ϰ 0390 03A0 03B0 03C0 03D0 03E0 03F0 1 Α Ρ α ρ ϑ ϡ ϱ 0391 03A1 03B1 03C1 03D1 03E1 03F1 2 Β β ς ϒ Ϣ ϲ 0392 03B2 03C2 03D2 03E2 03F2 3 Γ Σ γ σ ϓ ϣ ϳ 0393 03A3 03B3 03C3 03D3 03E3 03F3 4 ʹ ΄ Δ Τ δ τ ϔ Ϥ ϴ 0374 0384 0394 03A4 03B4 03C4 03D4 03E4 03F4 5 ͵ ΅ Ε Υ ε υ ϕ ϥ ϵ 0375 0385 0395 03A5 03B5 03C5 03D5 03E5 03F5 6 Ά Ζ Φ ζ φ ϖ Ϧ ϶ 0386 0396 03A6 03B6 03C6 03D6 03E6 03F6 7 · Η Χ η χ ϗ ϧ Ϸ 0387 0397 03A7 03B7 03C7 03D7 03E7 03F7 8 Έ Θ Ψ θ ψ Ϙ Ϩ ϸ 0388 0398 03A8 03B8 03C8 03D8 03E8 03F8 9 Ή Ι Ω ι ω ϙ ϩ Ϲ 0389 0399 03A9 03B9 03C9 03D9 03E9 03F9 A ͺ Ί Κ Ϊ κ ϊ Ϛ Ϫ Ϻ 037A 038A 039A 03AA 03BA 03CA 03DA 03EA 03FA B ͻ Λ Ϋ λ ϋ ϛ ϫ ϻ 037B 039B 03AB 03BB 03CB 03DB 03EB 03FB C ͼ Ό Μ ά μ ό Ϝ Ϭ ϼ 037C 038C 039C 03AC 03BC 03CC 03DC 03EC 03FC D ͽ Ν έ ν ύ ϝ ϭ Ͻ 037D 039D 03AD 03BD 03CD 03DD 03ED 03FD E ; Ύ Ξ ή ξ ώ Ϟ Ϯ Ͼ 037E 038E 039E 03AE 03BE 03CE 03DE 03EE 03FE F Ώ Ο ί ο ϟ ϯ Ͽ 038F 039F 03AF 03BF 03DF 03EF 03FF The Unicode Standard 5.0, Copyright © 1991-2006 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved. 33 0374 Greek and Coptic 03B1 038E Ύ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH Numeral signs TONOS 0374 ʹ GREEK NUMERAL SIGN ≡ 03A5 Υ 0301 = dexia keraia 038F Ώ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS • indicates numeric use of letters ≡ Ω → 03A9 0301 02CA modifier letter acute accent 0390 ΐ GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA ≡ 02B9 ʹ modifier letter prime AND TONOS 0375 ͵ GREEK LOWER NUMERAL SIGN ≡ 03CA ϊ 0301 = aristeri keraia 0391 Α GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA • indicates numeric use of letters 0392 Β GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA → 02CF modifier letter low acute accent 0393 Γ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA = gamma function Iota subscript → 213E double-struck capital gamma 037A ͺ GREEK YPOGEGRAMMENI 0394 Δ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA = iota subscript → 2206 ∆ increment → 0345 combining greek ypogegrammeni 0395 Ε GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON 0020 0345 0396 Ζ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA 0397 Η GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA Lowercase of editorial symbols 0398 Θ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA 037B ͻ GREEK SMALL REVERSED LUNATE SIGMA 0399 Ι GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA SYMBOL = iota adscript 037C ͼ GREEK SMALL DOTTED LUNATE SIGMA 039A Κ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA SYMBOL 039B Λ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA 037D ͽ GREEK SMALL REVERSED DOTTED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL 039C Μ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU 039D Ν GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU Punctuation 039E Ξ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI 037E ; GREEK QUESTION MARK 039F Ο GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON 03A0 Π GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI = erotimatiko → • sentence-final punctuation 213F double-struck capital pi → ∏ • 003B ; is the preferred character 220F n-ary product 03A1 Ρ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO → 003F ? question mark ≡ ; 03A2 " <reserved> 003B semicolon 03A3 Σ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA Spacing accent marks → 01A9 Ʃ latin capital letter esh 0384 ΄ GREEK TONOS → 2211 ∑ n-ary summation 03A4 Τ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU → 00B4 ´ acute accent → 03A5 Υ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON 030D combining vertical line above 03A6 Φ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI 0020 0301 03A7 Χ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI 0385 ΅ GREEK DIALYTIKA TONOS 03A8 Ψ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI ≡ 00A8 ¨ 0301 03A9 Ω GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA → 2126 Ω ohm sign Letter → ℧ 0386 Ά GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS 2127 inverted ohm sign ≡ Α 03AA Ϊ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH 0391 0301 DIALYTIKA ≡ 0399 Ι 0308 Punctuation 03AB Ϋ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH 0387 · GREEK ANO TELEIA DIALYTIKA • functions in Greek like a semicolon ≡ 03A5 Υ 0308 • 00B7 · is the preferred character 03AC ά GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS ≡ · 00B7 middle dot ≡ 03B1 α 0301 Letters 03AD έ GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS ≡ 03B5 ε 0301 0388 Έ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS 03AE ή GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS ≡ 0395 Ε 0301 ≡ 03B7 η 0301 0389 Ή GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS 03AF ί GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS ≡ 0397 Η 0301 ≡ 03B9 ι 0301 038A Ί GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS 03B0 ΰ GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS ≡ 0399 Ι 0301 ≡ 03CB ϋ 0301 038B " <reserved> 03B1 α GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA 038C Ό GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS → 0251 ɑ latin small letter alpha ≡ 039F Ο 0301 → 221D ∝ proportional to 038D " <reserved> 34 The Unicode Standard 5.0, Copyright © 1991-2006 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved. 03B2 Greek and Coptic 03EC 03B2 β GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA 03D1 ϑ GREEK THETA SYMBOL → 00DF ß latin small letter sharp s = script theta → 0180 latin small letter b with stroke • used as a technical symbol 03B3 γ GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA 03B8 θ greek small letter theta → 0263 latin small letter gamma 03D2 ϒ GREEK UPSILON WITH HOOK SYMBOL → 213D double-struck small gamma 03A5 Υ greek capital letter upsilon 03B4 δ GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA 03D3 ϓ GREEK UPSILON WITH ACUTE AND HOOK 03B5 ε GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON SYMBOL → 025B ɛ latin small letter open e ≡ 03D2 ϒ 0301 03B6 ζ GREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA 03D4 ϔ GREEK UPSILON WITH DIAERESIS AND HOOK 03B7 η GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA SYMBOL 03B8 θ GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA ≡ 03D2 ϒ 0308 → 0275 latin small letter barred o 03D5 ϕ GREEK PHI SYMBOL → 0473 ѳ cyrillic small letter fita • used as a technical symbol, with a stroked 03B9 ι GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA glyph → 0269 ɩ latin small letter iota • maps to “phi1” symbol entities → 2129 turned greek small letter iota 03C6 φ greek small letter phi 03BA κ GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA 03D6 ϖ GREEK PI SYMBOL 03BB λ GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA = omega pi = lambda • used as a technical symbol 03BC μ GREEK SMALL LETTER MU • a variant of pi, looking like omega → 00B5 µ micro sign 03C0 π greek small letter pi 03BD ν GREEK SMALL LETTER NU 03D7 ϗ GREEK KAI SYMBOL 03BE ξ GREEK SMALL LETTER XI • 03BF ο GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON used as an ampersand 03C0 π GREEK SMALL LETTER PI → 2CE4 ‰ coptic symbol kai • math constant 3.141592..
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